Washington Babylon — March 5, 2009, 8:26 am
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The Daily Show reports: “Wall Street is mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore — unless by “it” you mean $2 trillion in their own bail-out money.”
Also, note the way that the stock market tends to plummet every time CNBC’s team of “expert” commentators issue an optimistic prediction about the market’s general direction. As Jon Stewart noted, “If I’d only listened to CNBC’s advice, I’d have $1 million today — if I’d started with $100 million.”
More from Ken Silverstein:
Commentary — July 25, 2012, 2:20 pm
Washington Babylon — September 29, 2010, 11:37 am
Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:
Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.
In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
